User manual CONCORD 4330Z

[. . . ] Owner`s Manual 4. 1-megapixel digital camera (2272x1704 pixels) 3x zoom lens 8-24mm (38-114mm in 35mm terms), Macro down to 0. 08 m Automatic flash unit with five modes Automatic exposure control, single frames, continuous shooting and multishot images Various autofocus and exposure modes Shutter speeds 2 ­ 1/500 s, apertures f/3. 4-3. 6 to f/15 1. 8-inch TFT screen (220 x 280 pixels) Type I CompactFlashTM cards as storage medium Professional image management with camera folders Video Out for TV/beamer Power supplied by four size AA alkaline or rechargeable NiCd or NiMH batteries Optional external 6V DC power supply USB image transfer to PC or Macintosh Warnings Caution ! Be sure to read all hints and warnings carefully. Be sure to load the batteries with proper orientation of negative and positive poles. Be particularly careful when using the camera near small children to avoid accidents. Always keep batteries and other small objects that might be swallowed out of reach of small children. [. . . ] Press the MENU button on the camera back and use the four-way control to select LCD and Brightness, where values from 0 to 9 can be set on a scale. Your setting will remain effective even when the camera is switched off. Screen brightness can also be set in the Playback menu. Screen dark ­ Camera defective?Before turning the camera in for repairs, check (preferably in a dark room) whether screen brightness might be set to 1 or even 0. These settings are equivalent to extremely low screen brightness, which in daylight may give the impression that the screen is dead. 45 Image playback This is how it works: Displaying individual images This is how it looks: Mode dial set to Playback icon This is what it`s for: Turn the mode dial to the Playback icon. The TFT screen will automatically display your last shot, including the frame number, the shooting date and time. Pressing the screen display button again will display the entire image without these data. To navigate through the pictures saved on your memory card, press the Left arrow of the four-way control to go back, the Right arrow to go forward. The possibility of checking all your pictures right after the shot is one of the main advantages of digital photography. Immediately after pressing the shutter release you can see your picture, check framing, exposure and focus ­ and repeat the shot, if necessary. By the way: Your picture is displayed on the screen during saving, though very briefly. 46 Mode dial set to Playback icon This is how it works: Displaying several images (Index Mode) This is how it looks: Image playback This is what it`s for: If you press the screen display button twice with the mode dial set to Playback , nine images will be displayed in the Index mode. The display will start with the first image on your card, which will be highlighted in color. Using the four-way control, you can shift this frame to select separate images. To open up the selected image to full size, press the ENTER button on the camera back. Go back to Index view pressing the screen display button twice. The Index mode is very convenient, above all, with high-capacity memory cards, for a quick overview of the images saved on the card. With the DPOF mode of the camera (see Image Printout), a similar index can be prepared, saved to memory card and printed out on printers compatible with this mode. 47 Image playback This is how it works: Zoom-magnifier playback This is how it looks: Mode dial set to Playback icon This is what it`s for: Recorded images can also be displayed at 2x magnification. In Playback mode (with the mode dial set to the Playback icon), press the MENU button, then select Zoom using the four-way control. If you now press the Right arrow of the control, the details of the image will be displayed at 2x magnification. The image section displayed can now be shifted in all four directions with the aid of the four-way control. ( ) To go back to standard display, press the MENU button. The magnifier mode is ideal for checking image detail and focus. In portraits or group shots, it lets you check whether all of the people in the picture have their eyes open so that you may repeat the shot, if necessary. If necessary, you can then switch to manual focusing and repeat the shot. 48 Mode dial set to Playback icon This is how it works: Slide show This is how it looks: Image playback This is what it`s for: The camera can display all the pictures on your memory card in the form of an automatic slide show. In Playback mode (with the mode dial set to the Playback icon) press the MENU button and use the four-way control to select Slide Show. [. . . ] Reload them with proper polarity. 18 Have batteries been inserted with wrong polarity? 18 Is LCD screen switched off? Press DISPLAY button to switch it on. 22 Camera has turned off automatically to save power. Turn it on again. 19 68 Troubleshooting Problem Shutter does not release. Cause Is there a CF card in the camera? Remedy If NO CARD appears on the LCD screen and CF on the data monitor, there is no CF card loaded. Insert a card. Page 21 Green focus lamp blinks slowly (about twice per second), and PLAYBACK blinks on screen. Camera is reading data from CF card. Wait until it has finished and the focus lamp as well as PLAYBACK stop blinking. 24 Flash picture comes out underexposed. Was your subject within flash range? Make sure your subject is within range of the built-in flash unit: 0. 4 ­ 3 m. 33 69 Troubleshooting Problem Cause Remedy Page Zoom playback does not Was the picture taken with work. digital zoom? Pictures taken with digital 26 zoom cannot be played back in zoom mode. All images are over or underexposed. Did you use exposure compensation? Reset exposure compensation to zero. 38 Lens moves out, but data monitor remains blank, and camera does not work. Does the battery icon blink? (Display goes dead after five seconds. ) If the blinks, battery icon the display will go dead after five seconds, while the lens moves out. [. . . ]